Pumpkin Honey Walnut Bread

Ingredients

• Canola oil cooking spray 
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour 
• 1/4 cup oat bran or wheat germ 
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1/4 teaspoon salt 
• 6 tablespoons cane sugar (I used brown sugar)
• 1/3 cup canola or sunflower oil 
• 1/3 cup honey 
• 1/3 cup milk 
• 1 1/4 cups fresh or canned pumpkin puree 
• 1 egg 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch loaf pan with canola oil cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oat bran, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a second large bowl, combine sugar, oil, honey, milk, pumpkin, egg and vanilla. Add this mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
3. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack then remove from pan and set aside to let cool completely.